For example...
"God created the world"
"Intelligent design"
"Creationism"
"The world is flat" (There are societies of people who actually believe this)
"Whatever happens is God's Will." (Abdicating responsibility?)
2006-12-20 05:44:38 · 24 answers · asked by Balaboo 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very good answers. A few things... I admit I haven't made myself clear. There are people who formed societies (groups, not Society in general) declaring that the world is flat. if you are a die-hard member of this group you reject scientific fact so much.) Yes, I believe in the supernatural, and I also believe in science. I'm referring to those who completely reject science.
2006-12-21 03:49:44 · update #1
I was talking to this woman. Science (and common sense) states that it is unsafe to eat shellfish that was cooked yesterday. She said that it is in God's hands whether she suffers. I find it hard to believe how someone can be fo fatalistic, and even abdicate responsibility for one's own health. Surely, if science PROVES that something is unsafe (as opposes to holding a theory), then one should then avoid this thing? Excellent point about Science not being perfect either. (Not science per se, but theories held by scientists)
Another excellent point about asking the question the other way around! ;-) Why don't you post that on Answers and see what you get?
2006-12-21 03:54:46 · update #2
My dear Mysticvean,
Don't worry about this. Just have a Happy Christmas or whatever you choose to celebrate.
Regards,
Moorcroft
2006-12-20 06:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1st There is NO standard for the creation of all things. Science has changed the "theory" 5 times in the past 6 years. It can only be a Theory as we have no facts or data to support one theory over the other.
2nd a "Society" does not equal a religious dogma
3rd Abdicating responsibility and scientific proof are two different subjects all together.
And some people call Christians mixed up....
2006-12-20 05:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by williamzo 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm agnostic. I wish that I could believe in God but I just don't know.
News flash. Many of your scientific beliefs are not fact either. Many are just intelligent guesses based upon what is known and can be demonstrated.
Why is it that the majority of surgeons believe it God? I guess that they are some of those foolish people you're talking about. You need to take some courses in Anthropology, Psychology, Philosophy and Religion before asking(?) such a question.
I'm have studied for most of my life, over half a century and still cannot make a judgment. Please though, rest peacefully at night believing that you are nothing more than a worm or a fish or some other physical clump of cells, I'm sure that this will bring you much satisfaction.
2006-12-20 05:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
not precise, no. for the period of the scientific revolution, there have been Christians and Jews and Muslims on all factors of ALL debates. cutting-edge fundamentalism claims to symbolize 2,000 years of Christian concept, yet that declare is fake. Fundamentalism is under 2 hundred years previous. Even Saint Augustine did not take Genesis actually. And the actual place of the biggest Christian communion, the Catholic Church (i'm protestant, by the way) is that evolution is a actuality. listed right here are 2 quotations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 302 creation has its very own goodness and correct perfection, even though it did not spring forth finished from the palms of the writer. The universe became created “in a state of traveling” (in statu viae) in direction of an magnificent perfection yet to be attained, to which God has destined it. . . . 283 The question with regard to the origins of the international and of guy has been the article of many scientific study that have wonderfully enriched our understanding of the age and dimensions of the cosmos, the form of life-types and the visual charm of guy. those discoveries invite us to even extra suitable admiration for the greatness of the writer, prompting us to offer him thank you for all his works and for the comprehend-how and expertise he supplies to scholars and researchers. . . .
2016-12-30 17:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What proof? What dogma? Your first three examples are all the same. Then you include them in two other examples that are not Christian beliefs. For example: "It is not God's will that any should perish," but they do. And what does religious dogma have to do with "societies of people" who believe the world is flat. Your logic isn't logical.
2006-12-20 05:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because things have happened in my life for which there is no scientific explanation. Something happened to me that I know is true but if I explained it to you, you would think I was lying/deluded/mistaken. I can tell you that I have seen things (as a child I saw people walking through my bedroom, for example) - can you explain that without telling me I am a liar or just wrong?
that my son's life was saved by my being moved across a room in time to catch him - the chain holding his baby swing snapped at 7 ft high. Can you explain that? One minute I was washing the dishes and the next I was standing there with my hands outstretched at chest level, catching it as it snapped?
There's no scientific explanation for these things. But if you've seen the things I've seen, you'll know there's something there that as much as we like to deny it, laugh at the ignorant, jeer at the mad etc exists. And I know this and it is as real to me as your scientific evidence is to you.
2006-12-20 06:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying there is scientific proof God doesn't exist? You'd have to show me that. I do know there isn't sufficient scientific proof to support ideas such as evolution. Why would you have a problem with what someone else believes anyway? Shouldn't we all respect each other?
2006-12-20 07:00:50 · answer #7 · answered by straightup 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't doubt science. I don't back dogma. It's a matter of faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. For many, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
It takes more faith at times to believe in scientific theory.
2006-12-20 06:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by colorado_mechanic 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scientific proof? Science has been trying to disprove God for
a long time and have failed. Why are You trying to disprove God?
You better come up with a good answer to that, because one
day, you will stand before Him and give an account for your
thinking, words, and actions.
2006-12-20 06:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by Auburn 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the most astonishing 'belief', held by an enormous number of Americans, is that the world is a mere 6000 years old... Now that is _really_ disregarding scientific evidence in favour of religious dogma!
2006-12-20 06:16:44 · answer #10 · answered by avian 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋